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Day 32 - Bear Fruit!

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Prayer Suggestion | Live in the present, Do all things that need to be done. Do all the good you can each day. The future will unfold. Peace Pilgrim March 7 Prayer | Prayers for Healing - Blessings, Poems, and Meditations | Edited by Maggie Oman | ISBN 1-57324-089-3 Bible in Time | Friday | Third Full Week in Lent | New Testament Study, Day 32 | It’s 50 - 58 CE/a.d Today - Galatians 5 Next - Galatians 6 Next Assignments Calendar +++ Edwards has asked us to pause and read  the Letter to the Galatians . * I am using NOAB5, Galatians, text and  notes as the source of this background for you. (all above from NOAB5 notes and my thoughts)   Galatians 5 Paul states his case against circumcision. His point is we have freedom in Christ and do not need to follow those traditions. How did you get so confused? You are called to freedom but don’t abuse the privilege. Live by the Spirit. Give up the law and the passions of the flesh. Bear the fruits of the Spirit - love, joy, pe...

Day 128 - Make me happy!

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http://www.ncregister.com/blog/mfenelon/the-new-year-is-upon-us.-viva-cristo-rey My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 Read the Bible in a Year | Come join us at any time! Using The NRSV Daily Bible Today’s Reading 5/9/2019       Day 128 Psalms 29:1 – 32:11 Reflection | Today Psalm - Literary Type - Short Reflection Psalm 29 -  Enthronement - Give to God power and glory; the Voice of God; God is enthroned forever. Psalm 30 -  Individual Thanksgiving - You have changed my sobbing into dancing; I will give thanks to God forever! Psalm 31 - Individual Lament - Have pity on me for I am in distress. Psalm 32 - Individual Thanksgiving - Bless be those who sin is forgiven; Be glad and find joy in God. Background | Background by the Center of Biblical Studies. Background by Chabad.org | Psalms by Literary Type - Barbara Klugh +++ Meditation/Contemplate | Be joyful in the Lord. Prayer | O God, make me happy. Am...

Sunday - Epiphany 6

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https://www.lds.org/media-library/images/ jesus-christ-and-pharisees-1138112?lang=eng Highlights & Mini-Bible Study Daily Office Readings | Book of Common Prayer | last century publication Week after the 5th Sunday of Epiphany I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth. Isaiah 49:6b  BCP p. 76 Pray this way or this way or this way . Alternatives Readings Sunday | 12 February 2017 Ps. 66 67; Ps. 19 46; Isa. 62:6–12; 1 John 2:3–11; John 8:12–19 Psalm 66 | Individual Song of Thanksgiving - Background Be joyful everyone; God’s deeds are great; Let us see the works of God - retelling of the Exodus; You have redeemed us and I will keep you as my God. I will tell what God has done for me. 1 John 2 | Background The message of Christ is so transformative - it is light in the darkness; Don’t walk in darkness and blindness - see the light of God - bring others to Christ. John 8 | Backgroun...

Thursday - Advent 4

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https://www.pinterest.com/lydiashands/bible-visitation/ Highlights & Mini-Bible Study Daily Office Readings | Book of Common Prayer | last century publication Thursday in the Fourth Week in Advent Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the skies rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation may spring up, and let it cause righteousness to sprout up also. Isaiah 45:8, NRSV, EOW 1 Pray this way or this way or this way . Today | Thursday | 22 December  2016 Psalm 80 | A prayer for restoration How long, O Lord? Restore us! Show us your light. You have saved us! Restore us & we shall be saved! Revelation 21 | The new Jerusalem described continued. The temple of heaven is the light of God; And God’s glory is its light; The water of Life is Jesus; Heaven is always open; Jesus’ name will be on their foreheads; There will be no more night; They (God) will reign forever. Luke 1 | Mary visits her cousin Elizabeth who is...

Wednesday - Pentecost 27 - Proper 29

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Brooklyn Museum - Zacchaeus in the Sycamore Awaiting the Passage of Jesus James Tissot [No restrictions or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Highlights & Mini-Bible Study Daily Office Readings | Book of Common Prayer | last century publication Week after the 27th Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 29 Last Week in Pentecost I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.” Psalm 122:1 Pray this way or this way or this way . Psalm 119 (this is the longest Psalm - the Daily Office Readings usually has this on Wednesdays to break up this psalm over a series of weeks. The psalm celebrates the rightness of the ordinances of God and how they are a good path to follow.) I call with my whole heart - answer me, O Lord. I trust your word even in the middle of the night. Give me life Lord. You are near to me and everything you have said is true. Ephesians 1 Paul continues the introduction to this letter praising God, our inheritance ...